GOP not conceding in Pennsylvania race, may seek recount

[mia]

Republicans will not be conceding anytime soon in Pennsylvania's tightly contested special election, where Democrat Conor Lamb holds a slim lead over Republican Rick Saccone in Tuesday's election.

Lamb's campaign and Democratic groups have declared him the winner, as he sits with less than a 700 vote lead. NBC News also projected him as the "apparent winner" early Wednesday morning as more absentee ballots trickled in.

There are still about 203 absentee ballots and then additional provisional and military ballots left to be counted, but Saccone would have to win an overwhelming majority of those outstanding ballots to win....

A source familiar with the situation also told The Hill that the GOP plans to call for all ballots and voting machines to be placed under lock and key in case of a recount. And they are also likely to file a lawsuit based off of three concerns — confusion over the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's new website, allegations that Republican attorneys were kicked out of rooms where absentee ballots were counted and that Allegheny County voting machines were miscalibrated.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378334-gop-not-conceding-in-pennsylvania-race-may-seek-recount

[femmocrat]

1. Sore losers. nt.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Ha...! Made me think - the zillions of times WE have been in the same boat

If these conservative bureaucrats end up making the laws work better for them than they usually do for us - going get pissed off.

[Freddie]

2. You knew this was coming

Once again they can't win without cheating.

[bluestarone]

3. These fuckers NEVER play nice

They ALWAYS gotta FUCK WITH THINGS!!!!!!!! NEVER NEVER NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Dam i hate fucking REPUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bluepinky]

4. Of course they wont concede.

They need time to adjust the votes so that Saccone will win with a small but believable lead.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Strange how Republicans want due process elections when they lose but try to sabotage

the vote anytime else.

[efhmc]

5. The surprise would have been if they didn't.

[nini]

7. Shall we take bets on how many ballots go missing?

I have zero confidence in the system anymore.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Penn doesn't use paper ballots, right?

I'm starting to smell the same old rats gnawing at the door.

[WillowTree]

10. No surprise here. If Saccone had won by a margin that narrow, Lamb would have wanted a recount, too.

As well he should have.

[workinclasszero]

11. Aww shit here comes the russian/koch bros magic ballots

[Afromania]

12. What's the point?

This one race isn't going to change their control of the current House and the district is going to be gone for the midterms. Only thing this does is highlight the fact they are bad losers.

[workinclasszero]

14. Because it makes the Orange Shitgibbon look like a gigantic LOSER

The cult of Trump can't stand the truth interrupting their fascist fantasies, you know?

[SHRED]

13. They will have to pay for a recount? Correct?